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Yes, across is playable

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Found in the following dictionaries

Enable (Words with friends)
SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)

"Across" Definition

adjective

Being in a crossed position: seated with arms across.
Being in a crossed position.

adverb

Crosswise; crossed.
From one side to the other: The footbridge swayed when I ran across.
In such a manner as to be comprehensible, acceptable, or successful: put our idea across; get a message across.
On or to the opposite side: We came across by ferry.
In a position reaching from one side to the other .

preposition

From one side of to the other: a bridge across a river.
Into contact with: came across my old roommate.
On, at, or from the other side of: across the street.
So as to cross; through: drew lines across the paper.
From one side to the opposite side of .

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